Gatekeepers of the Arab past
Subtitle: historians and history writing in twentieth century Egypt
By: Yoav Di-Capua.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780520257320; 9780520257337
Subjects: Historiography -- Egypt; Nationalism -- Egypt; Historians -- Egypt; Egypt -- Historiography; Egypt -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historicizing Ottoman Egypt 1890/1906; title: Talking history 1906/1920; title: The house of records the 1920s; title: Competing for history 1930/1952; title: Ghurb&l's school; title: 930/1952; title: Partisan historiography the 1940s and beyond; title: Demonstrating history the 1950s; title: Controlling history the 1960s; title: Authoritarian pluralism 1970/2000.